Display attachment for doors.



FIG-3 Patented Aug. I, I899.

\ H. R. MYERS.. DISPLAY ATTACHMENT FUR BIQDRS.

(Application. filed Oct. 20,. 1897'.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E,

HENRY R. MYERS, OF FORT THOMAS, KENTUCKY.

DISPLAY ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,805, dated August 1, 1899. Application filed October 20,1897. $erial No. 655,339- O model-l To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Thomas, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Attach m cuts for Doors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being bad to the annexed drawings which form a part of this specification.

A certain class of advertising devices to be applied to doors includes swinging members which are prominently displayed as soon as the doors are opened, the exposition. of these members 'beingautomatically effected by connecting them with cords, chains, or other flexible mediums to the frames or casings of the doors; but these flexible connections, in addition to being complicated and expensive, are liable to stretch by constant use, thereby preventing the prompt action of the swinging members and in some cases renderin g them inoperative. To overcome these and other serious objections to the use of cords and chains for the purpose above described, I have devised a display device whereinthe swinging member is operated independently;

of any connection witha door casin g or frame, the details of "my improved construction being hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows a preferred form of my attachment applied to a door, the latter being closed and guides of.

said attachment being sectioned. Fig; 2 is an enlarged horizontal section through the attachment. Figs. 3, at, 5, and 6 show modifications of the invention. a v

A represents part of a door casing or jamb, and B is a door hinged to said casing at a, the door being provided with a glass 0. Secured to the hanging-stile b of the door is an invertible plate D, which carries all the operative parts of my attachment, the principal members thereof being a-right-angled bell-crank, whose levers E E are preferably made of a single piece of wire and have, respectively,curved heels 6 e, joined to an eye F, through which is passed a pivot fith'at couples said bell-crank to said plate D or other bearing. Furthermore, said plate has at one edge a flange G, pierced at g g. Again, this plate is slotted at H H to afiord tongues I I, which are so bent as to render their ends parallel with the flange G, as more clearly seen in Fig. 2, theendsof said tongues being perforated, respectively, at i t" and said perforations being in line with the apertures g g of flange G. By this means two distinct sets ofguides are afforded for a reciprocating rigid puslrstein J, one end of which is constantly in contact with a leverheel, while the other end of said stem has a thin head or button j, adapted to occupy. the parting between the casin g A and door 13.

K K are'freely-swinging cards or other display devices orarticles so hung from the levers E E as to normally maintainiheperpendicular position shown.

The appl'cation and operation of this construction of my'attachment'are as follows: The plate D of the attachmentis first so secured to the hanging-stile b as to insure one edge of the button 3' being caught between the casing A and door B as soon as the latter is closed, and asthe stem J is free to revolve within the guides g t it is immaterial which edge of the buttons is thus gripped. Now, owing to the location of pivot f with reference to the guides g 11, the instant the button is caught the Opposite end of push-stem J presses against the heel c of lever E, and thereby maintains the latter ina practically horizontal position. I E is about vertical, and any advertisement or Gonsequently'the other lever other notice displayed on its card K will be visible only'to a person within theroom to which the door aifords access, but the notices on the othercard K can be read both from ted line it, at which time the other lever E assumes the horizontal position indicated by the dotted line 70. Evidently the positions of the cards are now changed, the card K being exposed at the window and the other card K concealed by the hanging-stile b Asthe lever E swings down its rounded heel e gradually foroes back the push-stem J, which is still held in a horizontal position by occupying the two guides g t". In closing the door the button j contacts with the jamb A and causes the push-stem to advance gradually, and as one end of said stem is always in contact with the bend e the result of this movement of said stem is to swing the bell-crank on its pivotf, which swinging continues until the door is completely shut, at which moment all the operative parts of the attachment again assume the positions seen in Fig. 1. From this description it is evident my attachment is applied wholly to a door and operates independently of fixtures on the casing or jamb, and for this reason any settling or shrinking either of the door or its casing will not interfere with the proper action of said attachment. Again, as the attachment requires no fixture to the casing, it can be readily applied to a door hung to iron or stone frames, because there is no need of boring or drilling them. Another advantage is due to the fact that the push-stem is quite short and perfectly rigid, and on this account it is not liable to bend and become inoperative when subjected to a thrusting action by the closing of a door, neither will it expand or contract with changes of the-weather or constant use, as do cords and other flexible connections used for throwing certain forms of door display attachments.

By providing the plate D with an upper pair of guides g 'i and the lower pair g t" said 'plate can be readily inverted and applied either to a right or left opening door; but in Fig. 3 these guides are omitted and short tubes L L project from the flange G for the purpose of carrying the stem J, which in this case is shown as being coupled at j to the heel e of a single pivoted lever E".

Another modification is seen in Fig. 4, where the push-stem J has a lateral bendj, that takes the place of the button j, but a button is preferred for obvious reasons.

' In another modification (seen in Fig. 5) the bell-crank operates in a reverse manner to the construction represented in Fig. 1, inasmuch as a pulling-spring M retains the lever E in a horizontal position while the door is open, but when it is closed the stem J pushes the other lever E' over to a horizontal position. Consequently theleverEnow hangs down vertically or practically so.

Finally, the attachment may be applied directly to a door without the intervention of the plate D; but it is preferred to have a metallic bearing for the bell-crank to turn on,

and thereby prevent it marring the hanging stile b, an equivalent for said plate being seen in Fig. (5, where a single piece of wire is so bent as to alford a pair of coiled guides 1i" i, a pair of bends d d to receive screws for attaching this wire bearing to a door, and another bend F to receive the pivot.

I'claim as my invention- 1. A display attachment for doors, combinin g a swinging lever and a rigid reciprocating push-stem, one end of which contacts with a casing or frame when a door is closed, and thereby causes the other end of said stem to thrust against said lever, in the manner described, the attachment being entirely free from connection with said casing or frame.

2. A display attachment, consisting of a plate having a guide, a swinging lever pivoted to said plate, and a push-stem that traverses said guide, and bears against the heel of said lever, said stem being provided with a lateral projection adapted to contact with a casing when the door is closed, as herein described.

3. A display attachment, consisting of an invertible plate having an upper and lower guide, a bell-crank pivoted to said plate, and a push-stem that traverses oneof said guides and bears against the heel of one of said levers, said stem being provided with a lateral bearing adapted to contact with a casing when the door is closed, as herein described.

4. For a display attachment to doors, the invertible plate D having a flange G, perforated at g, g, and integral tongues I, I,having apertures t', t", in line with said perforations g, g, all as herein described.

5. A display attachment for doors, combining a swinging lever capable of being pivoted to a door or to a bearing secured thereto, and a rigid reciprocating push-stem having at one end a lateral projection that contacts with a frame or casing when a door is closed and thereby causes the other end of said stem to thrust against said lever, in the manner described, the attachment being entirely free from connection with said frame or casing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY R. MYERS.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES H. LAYMAN, JOHN G. ROGERS. 

